Sunday, November 24, 2013

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz to
promote the 1974 87-minute Saad Arafa color film Journey of
Life [rahlet al-omr] starring Shams El-Barudy and Ahmed Mazhar
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Saad Arafa with
cinematography by Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi. Plot summary: Salwa was a girl
of foreign extraction who lived with her aunt in Cairo. She was a
girl with a liberal perspective who loved a boy her age named Essam.
They agreed to spend a few days at Sidi Abdel Rahman. Salwa went
ahead and reserved an adjoining room for him. However Essam went early
too because of a soccer match. Mahmoud, a bank manager, also arrived
at the hotel and the booking agent asked Salwa to let Mahmoud use the
room she had reserved for Essam, because he was used to using it every
day. Mahmoud was married to Madiha, who had gone to the country to
spend a few days with her family. Mahmoud and Madiha had a boring life
together. Salwa tried to get Mahmoud interested in her and they were
soon involved in a torrid affair. When Essam arrived at the hotel
Salwa rejected him, and he went back to Cairo to finish his vacation
there. Salwa and Mahmoud also went back to Cairo. Mahmoud tried to
resume his life with his wife, but could not do so, because when he
went back home he discovered she had left when she found out about the
relationship with Salwa. Then he tried to go back to Salwa, but she
rejected him.